Program for Ecosystem Research

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Program for Ecosystem Research: The U.S. Department of Energy apos;s (DOE apos;s)Office of Biological and EnvironmentalResearch (OBER), a part of DOE apos;s Office of Science, hereby announcesinterestin receiving grant applications for new experimental research to develop abetter scientific understanding of potential effects of climatic change onU.S.terrestrial ecosystems and their component organisms. Research should focusonthe following question, directed at terrestrial vascular plants or animalsinthe United States: Do temperature increases projected by coupledatmosphere-ocean general circulation models for the coming 100 years havethepotential to affect the abundance and/or geographic distribution of plantoranimal species in the United States, and if so, to what extent? Researchshouldbe based on experimental manipulations of temperature in the field and/orthelaboratory and directed at understanding cause-and-effect relationshipsbetweentemperature change and the abundance and/or geographic distribution ofterrestrial vascular plants or animals in the United States. Proposedresearchshould not rely on correlations between presently observed temperaturegradients or changes and the observed abundance or distribution of plant oranimal species. High risk research having the potential to rapidly advancethefield is encouraged.